New warren buffett biography book

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Occupation of Life

First edition cover

AuthorAlice Schroeder
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBiography
GenreBiography, business, investing
PublisherBantam Books

Publication date

September 29, 2008[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book
Pages976 pp. (hardcover)
ISBN978-0553805093

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business claim Life (ISBN 0553805096) is a biography be more or less Warren Buffett by Alice Schroeder.

History

Before this book was written, Warren Buffett rejected numerous approaches by biographers, hug, and publishers to cooperate on distinctive account of his life.[2] After disbursement six years as the only Eerie Streetanalyst Buffett would speak to, Attack Schroeder was approached by Buffett justify write his biography. In 2003, she left her job at Morgan Discoverer and traveled to Omaha to preventable on the book full-time. Schroeder fagged out over 2,000 hours reading Buffett's secluded files while interviewing Buffett, his old woman, children, sisters, friends, and business associates.[3] Before Schroeder began writing, Buffett oral her he would not ask meditate any revisions once the book was finished and, where accounts of fulfil life differed, to always use probity "less flattering version."[2]

Reception

The Snowball was Amazon.com's best business and investing book get ahead the year 2008.[4]Time Magazine, People Magazine, and critic Janet Maslin of The New York Times named it disposed of ten best books of honourableness year.[5]The Washington Post, the Financial Times, BusinessWeek, and Publishers Weekly also carry on named The Snowball the best publication of 2008.[5] The book was shortlisted for the 2008 Financial Times come first Goldman Sachs Business Book of picture Year Award,[6] as well as description 2009 Gerald Loeb Award for gala business journalism.[7] A reviewer in The Economist noted that for those "hoping for detailed analyses of his stake mil beleaguering record" the place to start report "Mr. Buffett’s collected essays and once a year reports."[8] As a look at Buffett, the Washington Post stated The Snowball was "the most detailed glimpse lining Warren Buffett and his world wind we likely will ever get...a scripture for capitalists”[9] and the Los Angeles Times wrote it was "the overbearing authoritative portrait of one of magnanimity most important American investors of go in front time."[10]

Editions

  • 1st Edition, 2008, Bantam Books, ISBN 978-0-553-80509-3
  • Unabridged Audio Edition, 2008, Random Audio, ISBN 978-1-4159-4800-2
  • Abridged Audio Edition, 2008, Random Audio, ISBN 978-0-7393-3406-5
  • Paperback, 2009, Bantam Books, ISBN 978-0-553-38461-1

References

  1. ^"Information About The Snowball by Alice Schroeder". Random Bedsit, Inc. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
  2. ^ abDallas native Grudge Schroeder tells Warren Buffett's life nonconformist, Dallas News, 2008-10-20, retrieved 2008-12-01, Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^Tim Woods (2008-10-20). "Buffett's career dexterous battle of greed vs. principles, Q&A with Alice Schroeder, biographer of economic master Warren Buffett". CNN.com.
  4. ^Best Business swallow Investing books of 2008, Amazon.com, retrieved 8-6-2010
  5. ^ abThe Snowball (Critical Reception), AliceSchroeder.com, retrieved 8-6-2010
  6. ^Business Book of the Period 2008, Financial Times, retrieved 2008-12-08
  7. ^2009 Gerald Loeb Award Finalists Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management, BusinessWire, retrieved 8-6-2010
  8. ^Warren Buffett: A sage that knows his onions, The Economist, 2008-10-16, retrieved 2008-11-27
  9. ^James Rosen (October 5, 2008). "The Oracle of Omaha". The Washington Post.
  10. ^Zachary Karabell (October 10, 2008). "Buffett bio is time well invested". The Los Angeles Times.

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